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A decade before the Separatist crisis and the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation used B1 battle droids constructed by the Geonosians as shock troops in the invasion of Naboo. The droids, commanded remotely from an orbiting Droid Control Ship, overwhelmed the Naboo’s efforts to fight back. They seized the capital city of Theed and captured Queen Padmé Amidala.

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    • A decade before the Separatist crisis and the Clone Wars, the Trade Federation used B1 battle droids constructed by the Geonosians as shock troops in the invasion of Naboo. The droids, commanded remotely from an orbiting Droid Control Ship, overwhelmed the Naboo’s efforts to fight back. They seized the capital city of Theed and captured Queen Padmé Amidala.
    • The Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn freed Padmé, making quick work of the battle droids guarding her, and fled Naboo aboard the queen’s royal starship.
    • Returning to her homeworld, Padmé appealed to the native Gungans for aid. She and the Gungan leader Boss Nass used the Gungan army as a diversion to draw the battle-droid armies out of Theed and into the Great Grass Plains.
    • While the Gungans fought the battle droids, Padmé and the Jedi raided Theed, hoping to capture the Trade Federation’s Nute Gunray and force him to end the invasion.
    • The struggle to free Theed turned when Anakin Skywalker brought his damaged starfighter skidding to a halt inside the Droid Control Ship over Naboo. Seeking to destroy the battle droids surrounding his craft, Anakin fired and hit the Droid Control Ship’s main reactor.
    • When the Droid Control Ship exploded, the battle droids on Naboo shut down, becoming metal statues. The Gungans pushed over the helpless mechanicals, celebrating their unlikely victory.
    • The Battle of Naboo was just a prelude to the Separatist Crisis, which began a decade later. On Geonosis, Obi-Wan Kenobi discovered that the Separatists were preparing for war with the Republic, with great droid foundries turning out battle droids for the struggle.
    • When the Jedi arrived to rescue Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker, the Geonosians summoned their battle droids to fight the invaders in the execution arena.
    • Through a mishap on the assembly line, one battle droid sported the head of C-3PO. Some quick repair work by R2-D2 was required to reunite Threepio’s head with the rest of him.
    • The fight in the Geonosis arena soon spilled over to the planet’s plains, with Republic clone troopers and Separatist battle droids clashing in a massive fight. The Clone Wars had begun!
    • Battle droids proved effective in capturing Republic worlds, cowing civilians with weapons and sheer numbers. They were little match for Republic clone troopers or Jedi, but far outnumbered such forces.
    • On Rugosa, Yoda showed just how ineffective these droids were against a capable opponent. As Asajj Ventress looked on in disgust, the little Jedi all but demolished Ventress’s army, proving the value of brains over mechanical brawn.
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